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Budgets with more super tinkering are possible

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... consider applying the marginal tax rate. "If you were to pay your marginal tax rate on that, you wouldn't be growing your super as quickly as it might be taxed at 45%, but the government would save between $16 billion and $17 billion a year. Don't say ...

Treasurer flags super cap exemptions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison has flagged that lottery wins and inheritances are unlikely to be included as exemptions around the $500,000 cap on post-tax superannuation contributions. Speaking with Sky News yesterday, Morrison said although inheritances ...

ASFA backs super boost pledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... Australians achieve their lifestyle goals when they stop working "and this requires some forward planning." "Topping up your super early, can turn into huge rewards for your future, it's almost like paying yourself forward. It's the small things, just ...

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... have children my age when I started work," she says, "so 22 and 21, and the first thing I say to them is, 'Look at your super. What's happening with your super? Do you know what fund you're in? Have you got a choice? If you haven't got a choice, why ...

Aussies unsure about super contributions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... financial dream was having money to buy their first home. When asked where you would go to look for information about your super, 49% said they'd turn to their employer. This included going to their employer's payroll/HR team (33%), their company's intranet ...

ASIC cracks down on social media SMSF ads

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... using its Facebook page to advertise the benefits of SMSFs, including statements such as: "Get yourself a SMSF for your Super - from $99, fully advised. No industry fund can compete with this." Tatnell DLS made similar recommendations on YouTube. ASIC ...

New standards for member engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... the success of the lost super and super rollover campaigns over the past two years has led funds to develop a "grow your super" approach to individual member engagement with their super account. The industry-wide member shift from accumulation to retirement ...

SMSFs to remain popular despite political uncertainty

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... shown, younger people with lower balances are starting SMSFs earlier. There is no way to have greater control over your super than through an SMSF and I expect the popularity of the structure to continue to increase, regardless of government changes ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Offering a choice of superannuation fund to more Australian workers doesn't mean they will exercise the opportunity, nor make any better long-term investment decision. This was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission ...

The world of ASFA according to Twitter

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... Milk and Uber, the companies that spectacularly disrupted the dairy and transport industry respectively. But you know your super is in good hands when enough delegates turned up for the early morning session by the Treasurer @ScottMorrisonMP, bearing ...